#8A7899#8A7899

#8A7899 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.053 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7899
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 153)
HSL	hsl(273, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 13.50, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 20.34, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0339 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.053 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9465, 21.1363, 33.0017)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7899 #879978

analogous

#797899 #8A7899 #997897

triadic

#8A7899 #998A78 #78998A

tetradic

#8A7899 #997978 #879978 #789799

square

#8A7899 #997978 #879978 #789799

split-complementary

#8A7899 #979978 #789979

monochromatic

#4C4156 #6B5B79 #8A7899 #A89BB3 #C6BECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A7899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A7899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7899

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7899	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.053 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb7',
    500: '#8a7899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7899;
$custom-light: #ac9fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60087,
    "c": 0.0534,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7899

secondary

#B6BDAF

accent

#B77191

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7899

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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